Changes in the riparian vegetation along the San Pedro River before and after livestock removal from the main river corridor. The Bureau of Land Management released its Environmental Assessment for […]
Media Distortion of SW Indigenous Fire Management
Ponderosa pine in New Mexico Blue Range Wilderness. Photo George Wuerthner A new paper, Indigenous fire management and cross-scale fire climate relationships in the Southwest United States from 1500 to […]
SONORAN DESERT NATIONAL MONUMENT LIVESTOCK ABUSE
The Sonoran Desert National Monument was designated in 2001, but livestock grazing persisted until 2015. Now the BLM wants to restock a portion of this national monument. Photo George Wuerthner […]
Grand Canyon Appointment Example of Trump Administration Corruption
TRUMPING OUR PARKS The Trump Administration is on the warpath against the environment. From increasing oil and gas leasing on our public lands to decreasing national clean air standards for […]
Why let a multinational mining company graze livestock in Arizona’s precious creeks?
Summer in Arizona reminds us all of the area’s most precious habitat: riparian forests that provide cool, canopied respite from the blazing sun. The cool, clear waters and the shade […]
2012 . . . already a huge year for forest fires. UPDATED
Arizona and New Mexico might be calming down a bit as the multitude of wildfires are now igniting to the north- May and June are almost always the peak months […]
Arizona Game and Fish confirms report of jaguar in southern Arizona
Some good news for the day. An apparently healthy male jaguar has been documented in southern Arizona. This is good news after the Macho B incident where another male jaguar, […]
Arizona’s Wallow Fire explodes across the mountains
Blaze is now 400,000 acres! Looks like the already huge fire doubled in size in a day. This is in some of Arizona’s best mountain and wildlife country. Wallow Fire […]